Kaoru Kobayashi
Kaoru Kobayashi is credited on 25 movies and 6 TV shows, best known by TMDB votes for Princess Mononoke, The Boy and the Heron and Tales from Earthsea.
Born September 4, 1951 in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan.
Filmography · 31 titles
US streaming apps shown for the 12 best-known titles, checked October 5, 2026. Tap any title for where it streams and what it costs.
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Movie
On HBO Max
The Boy and the Heron
2023 · Movie
On HBO Max
Tales from Earthsea
2006 · Movie
On HBO Max
THE DAYS
2023 · TV show
On Netflix
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Midnight Diner
2009 · TV show
On Netflix
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016 · TV show
Not on a US subscription app
Midnight Diner
2014 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
The Great Passage
2013 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
The Funeral
1984 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
The Emperor's Cook
2015 · TV show
Not on a US subscription app
Kubi
2023 · Movie
Kamui
2009 · Movie
Midnight Diner 2
2016 · Movie
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004 · Movie
Woman
2013 · TV show
Hibana: Spark
2016 · TV show
Secret
1999 · Movie
Ballad of Orin
1977 · Movie
And Then
1985 · Movie
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007 · Movie
Like Asura
2003 · Movie
Ghiblies: Episode 2
2002 · Movie
The Black House
1999 · Movie
Haru's Journey
2010 · Movie
Sham
2025 · Movie
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987 · Movie
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024 · Movie
The End of Summer
2013 · Movie
Boys on the Run
2010 · Movie
About Kaoru Kobayashi
Kaoru Kobayashi is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. A multi-award winning thespian, he won best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival and best-supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Sorobanzuku.
Biography from TMDB, written by its community.